"Actually, I... we've been here all along, too."
Not long after Su Bai left Rainbow Locust Tenth Middle School, he heard Yao's voice coming from the Puzzle Piece, with a hint of awkwardness.
"Jealous?" Su Bai asked, raising an eyebrow as he strolled through the streets of "Honghuai City," once again bathed in sunlight. The streets bustled with people, and the pedestrians seemed full of life, but a closer look revealed that everyone's actions and words were mechanical and repetitive, as though time had frozen around them.
"..." The voice in the Puzzle Piece fell silent.
Su Bai smiled faintly.
"Perhaps a lot of our ideas really do change as we grow up." Su Bai watched the pedestrians passing him. Though he knew they were only dolls Su Xuan had made, under the sunlight, all of "Honghuai City" truly seemed as lively as the Real World. "How did I fail to notice in my previous life that my dear Yao, who always followed behind me, wasn't a docile herbivore?"
"How could a Strange Creature possibly be a herbivore?" Yao's voice drifted out. "If anything, you're more like a herbivore, Master, since you don't particularly like eating meat. Just a herbivore far stronger than most carnivores."
Where Yao, inside the Puzzle Piece, couldn't see him, Su Bai gave a meaningful smile.
"Yao, do you know the way to Fog Mountain?" he asked, abruptly changing the subject.
"..." Yao paused, the previously relaxed tone suddenly turning cautious. "Why would you want to go to Fog Mountain?"
"Su Xuan said Fog Mountain is the Ghost Shaman's residence. And Lord Ghost Shaman is, after all, my Betrothed, who signed a Marriage Contract with me, yet I still haven't met him face-to-face." Su Bai feigned regret, a hint of teasing in his voice. "Since we're